UNDERRATED: The Onion

After 25 years and perhaps millions of imitators on Twitter's snark-generating perpetual motion machine, "America's finest news source" remains unmatched in terms of mining riches of utter absurdity from current events. Though a recent IFC venture placed it against more nimble competition with "The Daily Show" in tweaking TV news, the website's output remains peerless, particularly with dark, nearly existential examinations of day-to-day life.

After 25 years and perhaps millions of imitators on Twitter's snark-generating perpetual motion machine, "America's finest news source" remains unmatched in terms of mining riches of utter absurdity from current events. Though a recent IFC venture placed it against more nimble competition with "The Daily Show" in tweaking TV news, the website's output remains peerless, particularly with dark, nearly existential examinations of day-to-day life.

After 25 years and perhaps millions of imitators on Twitter's snark-generating perpetual motion machine, "America's finest news source" remains unmatched in terms of mining riches of utter absurdity from current events. Though a recent IFC venture placed it against more nimble competition with "The Daily Show" in tweaking TV news, the website's output remains peerless, particularly with dark, nearly existential examinations of day-to-day life.